--- id: CVE-2018-5407 title: >- Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'. summary: >- Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'. severity: medium cvss: 4.7 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N' cwe: - CWE-200 - CWE-203 vendor: nodejs product: node.js affected: - ubuntu_linux = 14.04 - ubuntu_linux = 16.04 - ubuntu_linux = 18.04 - ubuntu_linux = 18.10 - debian_linux = 8.0 - debian_linux = 9.0 - node.js < 6.14.4 - 'node.js >= 8.0.0, < 8.11.4' - 'node.js >= 10.0.0, < 10.9.0' - 'openssl >= 1.0.2, < 1.0.2q' - 'openssl >= 1.1.0, < 1.1.0i' - nessus < 8.1.1 - api_gateway = 11.1.2.4.0 - application_server = 0.9.8 - application_server = 1.0.0 - application_server = 1.0.1 - enterprise_manager_base_platform = 12.1.0.5.0 - enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.2.0.0.0 - enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.3.0.0.0 - enterprise_manager_ops_center = 12.3.3 - mysql_enterprise_backup <= 3.12.3 - 'mysql_enterprise_backup >= 3.12.4, <= 4.1.2' - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.55 - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.56 - peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.57 - 'primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management >= 17.7, <= 17.12' - primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 8.4 - primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 15.1 - primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 15.2 - primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 16.1 - primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 16.2 - primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 18.8 - tuxedo = 12.1.1.0.0 - vm_virtualbox < 6.0.0 - enterprise_linux_desktop = 7.0 - enterprise_linux_server = 7.0 - enterprise_linux_server = 7.6 - enterprise_linux_server_aus = 7.6 - enterprise_linux_server_eus = 7.6 - enterprise_linux_server_tus = 7.6 - enterprise_linux_workstation = 7.0 patched: - node.js 10.9.0 - openssl 1.1.0i - nessus 8.1.1 - vm_virtualbox 6.0.0 published: '2018-11-15' updated: '2026-10-08' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-08T22:16:46.760' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5407' references: - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105897' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0483' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0651' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3931' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1060.pdf' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://github.com/bbbrumley/portsmash' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00024.html' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-10' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181126-0001/' label: cret@cert.org - url: >- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K49711130?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/3840-1/' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4355' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45785/' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html' label: cret@cert.org - url: >- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html label: cret@cert.org - url: >- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html label: cret@cert.org - url: >- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-16' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-17' label: cret@cert.org - url: 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105897' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0483' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0651' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3929' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3931' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/1060.pdf' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://github.com/bbbrumley/portsmash' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00024.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/november-2018-security-releases/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-10' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181126-0001/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K49711130?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://usn.ubuntu.com/3840-1/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4348' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4355' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45785/' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: >- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-16' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 - url: 'https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-17' label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tags: - nvd - exploit-available epss: 0.03418 epssPercentile: 0.88567 exploits: exploitdb: true checkedAt: '2026-10-08T23:17:21.737Z' exploitAvailable: true ingestedAt: '2026-10-08T23:16:47.293Z' --- ## Overview Simultaneous Multi-threading (SMT) in processors can enable local users to exploit software vulnerable to timing attacks via a side-channel timing attack on 'port contention'. ## Affected - `ubuntu_linux = 14.04` - `ubuntu_linux = 16.04` - `ubuntu_linux = 18.04` - `ubuntu_linux = 18.10` - `debian_linux = 8.0` - `debian_linux = 9.0` - `node.js < 6.14.4` - `node.js >= 8.0.0, < 8.11.4` - `node.js >= 10.0.0, < 10.9.0` - `openssl >= 1.0.2, < 1.0.2q` - `openssl >= 1.1.0, < 1.1.0i` - `nessus < 8.1.1` - `api_gateway = 11.1.2.4.0` - `application_server = 0.9.8` - `application_server = 1.0.0` - `application_server = 1.0.1` - `enterprise_manager_base_platform = 12.1.0.5.0` - `enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.2.0.0.0` - `enterprise_manager_base_platform = 13.3.0.0.0` - `enterprise_manager_ops_center = 12.3.3` - `mysql_enterprise_backup <= 3.12.3` - `mysql_enterprise_backup >= 3.12.4, <= 4.1.2` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.55` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.56` - `peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools = 8.57` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management >= 17.7, <= 17.12` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 8.4` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 15.1` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 15.2` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 16.1` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 16.2` - `primavera_p6_enterprise_project_portfolio_management = 18.8` - `tuxedo = 12.1.1.0.0` - `vm_virtualbox < 6.0.0` - `enterprise_linux_desktop = 7.0` - `enterprise_linux_server = 7.0` - `enterprise_linux_server = 7.6` - `enterprise_linux_server_aus = 7.6` - `enterprise_linux_server_eus = 7.6` - `enterprise_linux_server_tus = 7.6` - `enterprise_linux_workstation = 7.0` ## Remediation Upgrade past the affected range: - `node.js 10.9.0` - `openssl 1.1.0i` - `nessus 8.1.1` - `vm_virtualbox 6.0.0`